Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
ON THE GAY SIDE
What Has TRANSFERRED the Past Week to
AmuSe the DsvOtses Of Society,
SWEET SIXTEEN WANTS TO KNOW.
The Coming Week Gives Promise Of Being
Commercially Gay.
THEY SHOULD HAVE SNAPPED.

The past week has furnlSneu q Ialr snaie
of amusements in q social way, the nnm-
Der of balls given by dancing organizations
being specially numerous and very enJoya-
BILE. A number of informal little card
parties and eoRUeTSdziORes have <
plaee during the week and have afforded
our society people lots of entertainment;
and the coming week promises to be even
gayer thar the one just closed. A very
swell wedding is set for the latter part OF
the week, and society people are looking
forward to it with much pleasure, and
preparations for its coming have been
making for some time. A ball Is TO he
given at MenneTehor Hall, on Fri
day evening, by u number of young
folks. prominent among whom are the
members of the ''KOOken Club" Kra-
mer's orchestra will furnish the music.
The event of the week in Jewish social
circles will be q full dress hop to be given
by the Mercantile Club at their hall ON
Tuesday evening. The dances given by
them are always thoroughly enjoyable.
Several other events of lesser magnitude
are ON the taps, and taking it altogether
the week promises to he very gay.
Sweet Sixteen writes Is follows to
the editor of the SUNDAY REGIsTER:
please let me know whether it is not
against good usage for a young lady to
make a display OF her handkerchief,
whether at church, shopping or IN society,
without necessity. | am told that in the
olden times no lady presumed to show
one in company, let alone use it."
As the editor has enough politics TO Oc-
cupy his time and mind, the society man
has taken it upon himself to answer the
question in his own guileless,' unsOphisti-
Gated manner. In the first place, Sweet
Sixteen" it depends a great deal on how
the young lady displays her handkerchief.
If while in church she should see a strange
Young man with the cutest little moustache
i'm the world and should make 4 sign with
her handkerchief that she desired an ac-
uuaintance with him that would be wrong,
very wrong-if anyone found her out.
Then again, if she should commence to
laugh at the hald-headed old gentleman in
front Of her who, in a dOze, is trying to see
how tar back he can let his head go, and
how suddenly he can bring il to n stop, and
il her laughter should be such that she
could restrain it in no other way than to roll
her handkerchief up into . ball n cram
il into her pretty mouth-large or small as
the case may be-why OF course it
would doubtless be against good usage.
But what is the poor girl to do? She can
not laugh right out in church, and the
bald-headed man won't waken up. 1t is
our opinion she is justified. And so it is
in regard 10 shopping. Ii the young lady
should see another real nice young man
and should drop her handkerchief while he
was looking, and he should make a rush
and pick it up and-well, surely Sweet
Sixteen" knows the result. Now, OfcOurSe,
that would he also very wrong, because
there are so many people on the street they
might see her; and then it may have 4
tendency to make the young man 81 con-
eeited that he would imagine all the
girls in love with him, and that would he
awful. Because Young men rs q rule are
not a bit cOnceited, and it would he terri
BILE to spoil one in that manner Then in
society what would Our young lady do II
she didn't have a handkerchief to drop
every time she rose from u chair and thus
giye several gay cavaliers n chance to make
a wild rush all ut the same time 10 pick it
ND and receive her smile rs u reward? She
would be utterly lost. OF course if she
doesn't possess a real pretty one, o. shOuld
it be sOiled, our opinion would be against
a display being made of it. We have often
observed a young lady in society making
use of her handkerchief when
there was no apparent necessity
for it, but had we seen the powder rag
slyly hidden in its, folds ~ it, passed
cautiously over the owners face and rested
Tor q moment on her cherry red lips, why
of course we couldn't have objected and
would have even been willing that our
face should occupy the position OF the
powder RAG. Now, dear Sweet Sixteen"
when we come to look into this question
and attempt to answer it, We must keep
in mind the fact that things are not always
what they seem, and even n handkerchief
may conceal cold cream; and that is very
good Tor the lips. But really 10 come To
the point, it is our opinion that \ too free
use of the handkerchief Is quite had taste,
except at a party OF ball, where a lady
generally has plenty of use for one of these
articles of toilet. And it is very allowable,
if we Judge from the OF ladies in
good society, to carry the handkerchief
where it is quite handy, whether it be ex-
posed to view OF not. We are not ut all
posted in regard to handkerchief etiquette
in older times, but if your informant Is
correct, our feminine ancestors must have
experienced quite an interesting time, aud
We feel that the style OF the present day Is
q vast improvement over that Of old. SO
now sweet Sweet Sixteen, " we hope your
question is answered satisfactorily, and we
shall be pleased to hear from you again.
The Parkersburg Journal says: THE
Observation-Disclosures nuptisls will he n OF
the most prominent and elaborate social
events IN the recent history of the city.
The ceremony will be performed in the
NJ. +. Church, South, on the 18th inst, at
$50 o'clock. The grOom's best man will
be Mr.. Thomas Raymond, OF Clarksburg.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Ida Jenkins,
sister of the bride; Miss Nellie BaSSell, of
Clarksburg; Misses Jennie Smith and Kate
Harris, oEthis city. The grOOmsmen will
be DIR. Howell, OF C~larksburg; Mr.. Charles
Hughes, of Wheeling, and Mr.. Camden
Summers and Mr.. Ben. HardeSty, OfCla ks
burg. The ushers will be MeSSrS. Jas.
/ Wetherell, Oscar jenkins, brother of the
bride; Ben. b. Blackford, j. n. Camden,
Jr., NJ G.. Van Wrinkle and DIR. Z. L.
Muhleman.
Nine. F. d'Aurla entertained n few
friends Mt her home IN Chapline street,
very pleasantly Thursday evening. The
affair WAS in celebration of the anniversary
of the birth of the hostess m her sister,
Mrs. Converse, and although very informal
was highly enjoyable. The ladies were o.
course the recipients of lots of wishes for
many happy returns OF the day.